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UNITED STATES Iatented September 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MEANS FOR PROMOTING THE GROWTH OF HAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,844, dated September 29, 1903.

Application filed January 12, 1903. Serial No. 138.700. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK .W. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golumbia, in the county of Maury and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Mechanical Means for the provision of a band which is adapted to be held about the head of a person and so applied as to cause a stoppage in the flow of blood in the veins which convey blood from the upper portion of the head and at the same time allowa free flow ofarterial blood, whereby an excessive quantity of blood may be supplied to the roots of the hair to furnish nourishment therefor to produce a healthy growth of hair.

It is well understood that'the frequent cause of baldness is due to the fact of the shut-ting off of the supply of arterial blood which is'fed' to andadapted to nourish the roots'of the hair by means of the tight'hat-band which commonly encircles the brow of the wearer, and by the provision of an apparatus'embodying my invention I propose to allow for the free flow of the arterial blood by providing breaks in the band at locations traversed by the arteries which lead to the upper portion of the head and to cause a pressure to be applied to the spaces intermediate the arteries for the purpose of hindering the return flow of the blood in the veins.

My invention will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims and is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like .parts in the views, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of one side of the band which is adapted to be held about the head of a wearer. Fig. 2 is an edge view. Fig. 3 is a view showing my improved device as applied to the head of a person, and Fig.

4 is a slight modification showing difierent means for applying the band to the head.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter in the preferred form illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A designates the band, which has raised portions B upon one-face thereof, which are of a width equal to the width of said band, and intermediate said raised portions are now spaces 0, there being as many of said spaces as there are main arteries which lead to the upper part of the head of a person to supply blood to the scalp, so that when the band is strapped to the forehead in the manner illustrated it will bridge over the arteries and not constrict or hinder the flow of blood through the same. Said raised portions are designed to contact with the skin of the forehead and the hair of the wearer and are adapted to bind the same with sufficient pressure to cause a hindrance to the return flow of blood in the veins which are positioned adjacent to the surface of the skin. By this means I propose tocause the blood which is fed through the arteries to the roots of the hair to be detained for the purpose of supplying an excess of blood and nourishment to the roots of the hair, whereby the growth of the hair may be stimulated. The band may be provided with an ordinary buckle D, designed to engage the free end of the band. If desired, the band may be applied to the head in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4, in which chin-straps E are connected at different locations to the head-band and brought about the chin of the wearer and may either be held by the chin bearing a pressure against the straps, or buckles may be provided at F over one cheek of the wearer, wherebythe band maybe held socurely to the head with sufficient pressure against thesame to cause the desired result.

In practice it is nay-purpose to apply the band to the head of a person with the band bearing with sufficient pressure against the surface of the skin to dam up the flow of blood in the veins and cause the same to be held in the small capillary veins'at the roots of the hair, it being my purpose to have the user wear the band only for a short time at intervals, but not wear the same at any great length of time or constantly, it being found that a few minutes wearing of the band each day would suffice to furnish a sufficient amount of nourishment by the blood being detained at the roots of the hair to produce the effect of stimulating the growth of the hair.

While I have shown a particular kind of apparatus whereby myinvention may be carried out, it will be understood that I may make changes in the detailed construction of the same without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A mechanical device for stimulating the growth of hair, consisting of a band having on one face thereof a series of raised portions, the opposite edges of which are flush with the edges of said band, and spaced apart, said series extending substantially the length of the band, said band being adapted to be held under pressure about the head of the wearer with the spaces intermediate the raised portions bridging over the arteries leading to the scalp and the raised portions designed to retard the blood returning through the veins from the scalp, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK W. EVANS. Witnesses:

A. L. HOUGH, FRANKLIN II. HoUGH. 

